The Political Compass

U.S. political opinion has been (ridiculously) labeled and divided and into predictably misleading black and white terms: the liberal left and conservative right.

While this makes name-calling much easier, this view is overly simplistic for today’s complex political landscape.

Enter the Political Compass. This was developed by a political journalist with a university counselling background, assisted by a professor of social history. In addition to the standard economic (left-right) scale, a social scale has been added to better show actual political viewpoints and leanings.